Hopefully, Houston's win streak of one game comes to an abrupt end and they backslide the next three. They are so bad. It's time for the Sox to start beating up on the opposition again. Bear down and don't take anything for granted.

The Strohs have the worst record in MLB, like the beer. Their pitching stinks. For the NL, 15th in ERA (4.66), 15th in hits (746), 16th in runs (411), and 15th in HRs (99). Their offense stinks, too- 5th in NL in BA (.260) but 10th in OBP (.315). They have only drawn 210 walks on the year, 15th in the NL. Team OPS in .697, 9th in the NL. Hunter Pence is the exception, .314/.356/.842 with 9 home runs and 53 RBIs.

Timmy goes for win number 198 of his career. Wakefield has pitched in 40 major league parks but never at Minute Maid Park and has made only one career appearance against the Astros. It has been nearly 18 years since that game on July 7, 1993 in the Astrodome. Wakefield started that day going 3 2/3 innings, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits. Lets go Red Sox!